6-554: 16 East Broad Street is a building on Capitol Square in Downtown Columbus, Ohio . Completed in 1901, the building stands at a height of 168 feet (51 m), with 13 floors. It stood as the tallest building in the city until being surpassed by 8 East Broad Street in 1906. From 1927 to 1939, the eleventh floor of the building served as the office for the National Football League . Joseph F. Carr ,
12-648: A Columbus native, was president of the NFL at the time. This article related to a building or structure in Columbus, Ohio is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Capitol Square Capitol Square is a public square in Downtown Columbus, Ohio . The square includes the Ohio Statehouse , its 10-acre (4.0 ha) Capitol Grounds, as well as the buildings and features surrounding
18-632: The Deshler Hotel , a prior location of the Downtown YMCA , and 5 and 7 South High Street , commercial buildings constructed c. 1840 . As the center of downtown Columbus, the square gets a high number of residents and visitors. Programs for tourists include the Columbus Art Walk's Capitol Square tour, taking visitors around historical and architectural sites, sculptures and other landmarks. Capitol Square has been
24-434: The geographic center of Capitol Square, Columbus and Ohio. The 10-acre (4.0 ha) statehouse grounds were donated by four prominent Franklinton landholders to form the new state capitol. As the city's downtown began to empty in the mid-20th century, several buildings around the square were demolished. A construction boom in downtown during the 1970s and 80s led to nearly all spaces being occupied again. Plans are to have
30-669: The last empty space on 3rd Street developed by 2020. Buildings formerly on Capitol Square include the Neil House hotel (three buildings which existed on the square), the Columbus Board of Trade Building , the Hartman Building and Theater , the former Columbus City Hall , former locations of the First Congregational Church and First Presbyterian Church, an early Huntington Bank ,
36-469: The square. The Capitol Grounds are surrounded to the north and west by Broad and High Streets . These are the main thoroughfares of the city since its founding. They form the city's 100 percent corner . The grounds are surrounded by 3rd Street to the east and State Street to the south. The oldest building on Capitol Square, the Ohio Statehouse, is the center of the state government and roughly in
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